Pride Month: This Is It
Did you know the largely unmarked bar over at 418 East Wells, next the Milwaukee Bar Association, is the oldest operating gay bar in Milwaukee?
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MPL Blogs: Explore By Tag
Showing entries tagged: History
Episode VI: The Return of the Green Sheet
With the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel resurrecting the beloved Green Sheet from the Milwaukee Journal days, why not take a look at its heyday at your local library?
Read moreMilwaukee's Menagerie: Albert the Alley Cat
Long before there was Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat, Grumpy Cat, or even Long Cat, Milwaukee had Albert the Alley Cat.
Read moreSpy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan
"I do not suffer in leaving this world for I have gained my subjects' freedom." ―Monkey Chief, "The Monkey-Bridge," Twenty Jātaka Tales by Noor Inayat Khan.
Read moreV-E Day - 70th Anniversary
Every year on May 8th, the United States celebrates V-E Day, marking the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. Here in Milwaukee...
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